19981h 35mDir. John Lasseter

A Bug's Life

Name: A Bug's Life
Genre: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Released: 1998-11-25
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Rating: 4
Cast: Dave Foley, Kevin Spacey, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Hayden Panettiere, Phyllis Diller

“An epic of miniature proportions.”

AdventureAnimationComedyFamily

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On behalf of "oppressed bugs everywhere," an inventive ant named Flik hires a troupe of warrior bugs to defend his bustling colony from a horde of freeloading grasshoppers led by the evil-minded Hopper.

Starring:Dave Foley,Kevin Spacey,Julia Louis-Dreyfus,Hayden Panettiere,Phyllis Diller

Featured Cast

(12 actors)

Dave Foley

Flik (voice)

Kevin Spacey

Hopper (voice)

Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Atta (voice)

Hayden Panettiere

Dot (voice)

Phyllis Diller

Queen (voice)

Richard Kind

Molt (voice)

David Hyde Pierce

Slim (voice)

Joe Ranft

Heimlich / Additional Voices (voice)

Denis Leary

Francis (voice)

Jonathan Harris

Manny (voice)

Madeline Kahn

Gypsy Moth (voice)

Bonnie Hunt

Rosie (voice)

Key Production Crew

Director

John Lasseter

Screenplay & Writers

Andrew Stanton, Don McEnery, Bob Shaw, Jørgen Klubien

Cinematography

Sharon Calahan

Original Score

Randy Newman

Producers

Darla K. Anderson, Kevin Reher

Film Details

Budget$80,000,000

Box Office Revenue$363,258,859

Original Languageen

Production Studios

Pixar

Keywords & Themes

#fight#circus#winter#ant-hill#ant#villain#invention#collector#anthropomorphism#grass

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